Favorite New Wave Artist

[North Star]

In a way, New Wave never stopped.

Meet the New Wave, same as the Old Wave

The Police and Blondie are pretty much the only groups out of all mentioned whose music I've heard - and I do like them both.

[Marc]

Meet the New Wave, same as the Old Wave
[....]

The Who is punk!

[Gurn Blanston]

The Tubes.

[Gurn Blanston]

1977 San Francisco, I think of as the New Wave-Punk period . Mabuhay Gardens. I was there with a paper clip hanging from my ear.

Dude, seriously? I was there too. That's where I saw The Dead Kennedys for the first time. I was the one with the "DISCO SUCKS" T-shirt and the black eye....

[mn dave]

The Who is punk!

So were the Beatles in the beginning. 

[San Antone]

Dude, seriously? I was there too. That's where I saw The Dead Kennedys for the first time. I was the one with the "DISCO SUCKS" T-shirt and the black eye....

LOL.  "The next band features a new guitar player, only been playing for six weeks.  But the drummer's never played before tonight!"

[Marc]

So were the Beatles in the beginning. 

They were.

Ask my auntie in Hamburg.

Come to think of it, Hamburg had the hottest female New Wave singer I know: Anja Huwe of X-Mal-Deutschland.

[mn dave]

They were.

Ask my auntie in Hamburg.

They also invented the Internet!

[Sergeant Rock]

Favorite New Wave bands, a Top 10:

Blondie
Bow Wow Wow
The Pretenders
Gun Club (brilliant live)
B-52's
D.A.F. (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft)
Blue Angel (and Cyndi Lauper)
Gang of Four
The Stranglers
Yazoo (Yaz)

Sarge

[Marc]

Dude, seriously? I was there too. That's where I saw The Dead Kennedys for the first time. I was the one with the "DISCO SUCKS" T-shirt and the black eye....

God, I love the Kennedys. Especially the Dead ones.

We had 'them' on our satchels.

[mn dave]

Favorite New Wave bands: a Top 10

Blondie
Bow Wow Wow
The Pretenders
Gun Club (brilliant live)
B-52's
D.A.F (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft)
Blue Angel (and Cyndi Lauper)
Gang of Four
The Stranglers
Yazoo (Yaz)

Sarge

STRAAAAAAAANGLERSSSSS!!!!! 

[Sergeant Rock]

Dude, seriously? I was there too. That's where I saw The Dead Kennedys for the first time. I was the one with the "DISCO SUCKS" T-shirt and the black eye....

I saw DK in Stuttgart. Mrs. Rock was there too, her first punk concert...and her last 

Sarge

[Szykneij]

"Tears for Fears" that was mentioned earlier is one of my favorite bands of any genre. Early Joe Jackson is great stuff, too.

[Karl Henning]

Is she really going out with him?

[mn dave]

"Tears for Fears" that was mentioned earlier is one of my favorite bands of any genre. Early Joe Jackson is great stuff, too.

If I did a poll with Jackson in it, it would include:

Elvis Costello
Joe Jackson
Graham Parker

The three angry young men.

[Marc]

Favorite New Wave bands: a Top 10

Blondie
Bow Wow Wow
The Pretenders
Gun Club (brilliant live)
B-52's
D.A.F (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft)
Blue Angel (and Cyndi Lauper)
Gang of Four
The Stranglers
Yazoo (Yaz)

Sarge

If Punk is also allowed, then I could pick many names for my personal Top 10, like Buzzcocks, Undertones, Sham 69, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, Ramones, Stiff Little Fingers, The Exploited.

There were (too) many good acts those days that were labeled 'New Wave', from the Pistols to Yazoo, a Top 10  would be an impossible task for me.

But no doubt, Joy Division touched my restless teenage heart and soul the most those days.

[Marc]

Is she really going out with him?

Happened to me every saturday night in the f*cking local discothèque.

[mn dave]

I'm the only one who is hardcore DEVO? I can live with that.

[Marc]

"Tears for Fears" that was mentioned earlier is one of my favorite bands of any genre. Early Joe Jackson is great stuff, too.

Yes, cool. Once in a while, I still listen to them. Pale Shelter and It's Different For Girls respectively being my favourite songs.

[mn dave]

"No, not love," she said.